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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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